Plant Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Prickly Poppy

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PALMITOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	12000.0	23600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	176000.0	181000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE	24	Plant	not available	840.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	17500.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
RICINOLEIC-ACID	7	Seed	20000.0	39300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROMNEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	11000.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihepatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimitotic	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimuscarinic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimycotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.